Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
पुत्रक्षेत्रकलत्रादिव्यापारैकरतः सदा । विहायाथ स गार्हस्थ्यं धनार्थं लोभ मोहितः । प्रचचार महीमेतां सग्रामनगरांतराम्
putrakṣetrakalatrādivyāpāraikarataḥ sadā | vihāyātha sa gārhasthyaṃ dhanārthaṃ lobha mohitaḥ | pracacāra mahīmetāṃ sagrāmanagarāṃtarām
அவன் எப்போதும் மகன், நிலம், மனைவி முதலியவற்றின் காரியங்களிலேயே மூழ்கியிருந்தான். பின்னர் செல்வலோபத்தில் மயங்கி இல்லறதர்மத்தை விட்டு, கிராமம் நகரம் என இப்பூமியெங்கும் அலைந்தான்.
Unspecified in snippet (narratorial voice within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra (as point of departure)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Devaśarmā leaves his household, carrying travel gear, moving through dusty roads between villages and towns; his face shows worry and fixation on gain.
FAQs
Greed-driven pursuit of wealth, when it causes abandonment of one’s dharma, becomes the seed of suffering and later karmic downfall.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra remains the narrative backdrop, though this verse focuses on the character’s departure into worldly wandering.
No ritual is stated; the verse highlights the ethical obligation to uphold gārhasthya-dharma rather than abandon it for greed.